Here’s the last 25min of a birthday jam with Billy Raney, Scott Capizzano, Carlos Yniguez and many more doing your favorite metal covers! It was a super early start (3\4pm?) and they ended at 6 so another show could take place.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment Used: Canon HFG30 & Rode Videomic Pro Stereo
Alright, I have been holding off on posting this because a certain band member still owes me, but since it is another member’s birthday, here you go. Happy Birthday Mike Parisi! Filmed by Jim Mclain, Mike Yoas, and one other guy I think. Audio via soundboard by Eric Bianchi and audience recording with Neumann mics from Jason Ellis. Edit by Jim McLain. Thank Jim and thanks everyone who helped make this such a fun party!
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy, Jim McLain, Mike Yoas
Equipment Used: Neumann Mics
Edited/Remixed By:Jim McLain
Additional help by: Jason Ellis
It’s a long weekend, so that means 4 videos (actually 5) over 4 days! Woohoo! I always wonder if it is a good idea to post videos on weekends and audio on weekdays. My assumption is people work during the week and listening to audio while you work is easier… but what do I know.
This is the last time I saw Don Adams. Not just playing, but ever in person. Such a sweet guy. R.I.P. my friend.
Mike Parisi had this in his bag of VHS tapes and he let me know that it is a master recording. I was at the show and audio taped- 2 sources but this is only the DAT soundboard mix, rebalanced. The reverb gets a little out of control at times, but not too distracting. Overall a great show.
This was one of the last shows Redrum ever played, until they played my birthday show in 2013. Enjoy!
Video Recorded by: Friends/Family of the band
Audio Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Audio equipment used: Sony TCD-D3 into dounsboard
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used:
DAT: Sony PCM-R500 coax into M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Video: Panasonic AG-1960 – Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Audio Rebalance in Izotope Rx8
Video degrain/Enhancement in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video
Audio/Video synch in Pluraleyes 4
This one was a request from Gus Buss (Jeff) and Mike Parisi. I have a DAT soundboard tape and this audience recording. The board tape is really bizarre- the mix is not great and there are surges of reverb that cause the volume peaks to overload on my DAT- I have never seen anything like it before. So, instead of the board tape I am uploading the better sounding audience tape for now.
I’ll try to matrix the board and audience tapes sometime in the future- I have figured out a way to time align via pluraleyes, but I need to jump through hoops. No time for that now.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Marantz PMD430 (like a Sony TCD-D5) and 2 Nakamichi CM-300 mics
Transfer Equipment: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ’d (bass boost) in Sony Soundforge
Another video from Mike Parisi’s bag of VHS tapes. This one comes from the band’s brief reunion in early 1992 w/Don Adams. They played this show and Melarkey’s in Sac, and I think that was about it. I think this was filmed by Scott Capizzano- the tape says “slam cam” on it, so I’m running with it. This is one of the nicer quality redrum videos.
I hope the surviving members of the band (and Robbie, who was travelling with them) don’t mind that I included the pre and post-show footage. There is some really nice footage of Don Adams and Mike Caboy. R.I.P. guys.
Recorded by: Scott Capizzano (I think)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1960 – Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced (degrain) in Adobe Premiere Elements and Neat Video
There’s kind of a long story behind this one, and this is only my memory of it..
After the first day of recording the LP, we ran off a cassette of the rough mix to listen to. Vonni (was it only Vonni?) thought that the vocals were too clean, and wanted them re-recorded. I thought they sounded great, they sound exactly like how Carlos sang back then. So back in the studio they went, to “dirty up” the vocals and release the CD that you might have heard. I think this version is FAR SUPERIOR. Too bad it is just a rough mix.
Side note- listen until the very end- there is a BONUS cover that Vonni sings. The guy who laughs when he starts singing is me.
Recorded by: Moon Studios
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: TDK D90 playback with Nakamichi Dragon/Audiophile 2496 card into reaper.
Promo photo taken by Kevin Graft
I have a glut of video to post, so you get video on a Friday.
Here’s something you will either find totally boring or totally fascinating. I had this idea to get some studio footage and use it for a promo video (kind of like Iron Maiden’s Flight of Icarus promo) but it never went anywhere. Guitars and drums were tracked in the same room- crazy.
Inner ear studio was a little garage studio in the suburbs. I wish I remembered where it was exactly. I think it is in between San Juan ave and Mariposa somewhere. It’s all a blur.
My favorite part is when Parisi needs to duct tape the headphones to his head to keep them from falling off. Pure gold!
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Aiwa CV-80 camcorder with shitty stock mic
Degrain in Adobe Premiere/Neat Video
So I got back in touch with Bobby Whitright a couple of days ago and he was looking for a specific Redrum show. Since I was listening to this one, I decided to post it as well. Taped from the soundboard on a high bias cassette. Club Me became the Cattle Club shortly after this show. Great covers of Misfits and Iron Maiden toward the end of the set. The mix settles down and while it is imperfect, it ain’t bad.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Here’s a fun one that is vastly improved with all of the enhancements. This might have been the last time I saw Redrum with the Bobby and Jeff lineup. Show stops about halfway through so Vonni can have a bathroom break… and I follow him into the bathroom for a quick interview. What was I thinking?
We tried to enhance the board tape to bring up guitars, but Jeff’s bass is at the same frequency as the guitar so when I boost guitar, I get an annoying bass “pluck” which is unlistenable at the end. So, you get the raw board tape. It’s not too bad.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Aiwa CV-80 camcorder
Soundboard recorded on house tape deck
Video enhanced via Adobe Premiere and neat video- Brighten, exposure, contrat and noise reduction.
Audio tape transferred via Nakamichi Dragon
Audio/Video synch by King Bean
For today’s On this Date in History, let’s revisit the first time I ever traveled for a concert (meaning, stayed overnight). I went with the band to Fresno for this show at Old Town Saloon. I remember being stunned at the pace of life in Fresno at the time- it was like everyone was moving in slow motion. The venue was large and it was not even close to being full.
This 8mm capture was done with the old setup with no enhancements- you can really see how grainy the old Aiwa could be with this one. The old stock microphone was garbage as well, and this is probably the worst sounding video ever shot with that setup. No other audio exists for this show either. Ugh. Still a good candidate for a recapture, denoise and some type of audio repair.
Camerawork is pretty shaky until I get on stage.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Aiwa CV-80 and stock mic
Transfer equipment: Sony DCR-TRV270 firewire into Dell workstation
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